Two new centers of reconciling work and family life will be launched in 2013 and Cabezo Zarandona Torres, which will make available to the Murcia 550 seats for children over 0-6 years.
These two centers are in addition to those already existing in the municipality that are Integral Center for Children and Reconciliation of Work and Family Life of Juan Carlos I, the Bacons Bridge and artillery headquarters, offering a total of 750 seats for children with Kinder, playroom, summer schools and school holidays.
Murcia City Council is committed to education and quality facilities for students in the municipality.
The area of ​​Education, covering education services, nursery schools, libraries, and Truancy Reconciling Work and Family Life, will in 2013 with a budget of 11.4 million euros.
Education Councilwoman Maria Dolores Sanchez, explained that it is continuing to offer the same services, setting the budget and without cutting benefits.
At 550 seats in the new settlement centers are summed offering about 500 seven infant schools for aged between three months and two years.
Of all places, 38 are for children with special educational needs.
The Children Schools budget is 676,390 euros.
For 2013 are planned improvement works, conditioning and reform in the facility to continue offering quality spaces.
Caring for children and facilitate Reconciling Work and Family Life is a priority for the council.
The budget in this section is 108,000 euros.
For 2013, the Department of Education will maintain its equipment for reconciling work and family life and expand, resulting in a total of 5 centers demanial concession offer a total of 750 seats for children, which favors the maintenance of parental employment and working mothers, and access to the labor market for those who are developing some training.
This measure also fulfills the Plan for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men approved by the City of Murcia in 2010.
The Education Service will for the next year with a budget of EUR 7,315,000 to be used to maintain the programs that are already in place as you know your city, with the participation of 70,100 students, teach values, Driver Education and Safety with the assistance of Driver Education and Accident Prevention for students of 3 º ESO involving over 4,200 young people, and the program of leisure activities which includes camps and during holiday periods.
Also announcing subsidies for Associations of Parents of the municipality.
The Department is already working on the acquisition of a site in the village of Puebla de Soto for the construction of a new school, Education priority project that will become effective in early 2013.
Also, in the township schools performed repairs and works to continuously improve the quality of educational facilities.
Education is also responsible for maintaining trees in schools, blinds and glass repair, diesel and natural gas for hot water and heating, as well as cleaning and monitoring facilities.
In 2012 repairs were made inside and outside, adjusting bathrooms, maintenance and installation of an elevator deaf schools in the municipality, with an investment of 700,000 euros (134,700 euros financed by the Autonomous Community).
Given the importance attached to the prevention and control of truancy, despite the current economic circumstances, has made a significant effort and budget for 2013 remains the same terms as in 2012 with 1,610,500 euros .
Next year will continue with both vocational classes there in El Palmar (hotel) and Espinardo (mechanical).
Likewise, the project will provide tutoring in families, developed in collaboration with the Volunteer Service of the University of Murcia, will continue to work with specific projects to support young people and teenagers with school dropout in places like Espinardo Los Rosales (El Palmar) and the south.
Also keep collaboration with FSG and complementary projects conducted in support of school activity.
In the prevention and control of truancy social work educators from 19 Centres of Social Services.
Working in the need for new social and cultural spaces is another objective of the Department of Education for this purpose in 2012 has launched the study room of Farmhouses and moved the library to a host La Alberca new, with more space and more money.
In the library service, the budget is 1,715,000 euros.
During 2013 it will keep all activities as storytelling, meetings with writers, book clubs and will continue to acquire new.
The Municipal Library Network has 17 available to all citizens.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia